We had three exciting giveaways that ended yesterday on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring.  Here are the winners:

$100 Grocery Store Gift Card from Cellfire: Maria (applewood97@xxxx)

$20 Target.com Gift Card: Kristen (kristen_yeh@xxxx)

$25 BJ’s Gift Card: Eunice (rsmile2u@xxxx)

I have e-mailed each of you with information on claiming your prize.

Thanks to all who entered and stay tuned for even more great giveaways in the future!

If you are a Facebook fan of Cha-Ching on a Shoestring, you probably know that I’ve been hinting at an awesome new resource I have hidden away on the blog.

In fact, many of you already figured it out.   Today I am revealing that latest and greatest resource on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring:

The Coupon Database!

When I first started couponing, I created my own coupon database.  Not only was this a lot of work, but it was also not a great way of keeping track of all of the printable coupons that are available on the internet.

That’s why I am SO excited to offer the Coupon Database as a resource to you!  I honestly don’t know what I would do without it.

Whenever I am making my grocery lists, I use it to determine what coupons are available for the things I need or for the current sales.

And now you can do the same!

Here is a quick tutorial on how to use it:

Does it get any easier than that?

The Coupon Database is updated multiple times a day with the latest insert, printable, store, and other coupons that are available.  (And best of all, someone else does the work for us!)

So, the next time you need to know if there is a coupon available for Jif Peanut Butter, come on back, click on ‘Coupon Database’ in the navigation bar above my header (it’s in the scrolldown menu under ‘Coupons’ as well!) and search away!

To encourage you to give the coupon database a try, I am going to give a $20 Target.com Gift Card to one reader who searches for a coupon using the Coupon Database!

Here’s how to enter:

REQUIRED:

Search for a coupon using the Coupon Database here.  Leave a comment on this post letting me know if you found a coupon for that product!

EXTRA ENTRIES:

• Subscribe to our feed in a reader or by e-mail and leave a comment letting me know you subscribed.  If you are already a subscriber, simply let me know in a comment.

• Follow me on twitter. Leave a comment on this post letting me know you are a follower.

• Become a fan of Cha-Ching on a Shoestring on facebook and leave a comment on this post letting me know.  If you are already a fan, simply let me know in a comment. (I love comments on the facebook page as well, but those will not count toward the giveaway!)

Note: Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post to leave your comments.  (If you are reading this is an e-mail click here to do so.) By leaving a separate comment for each entry you will have a greater chance of winning!  E-mail responses will not be considered as an entry in the giveaway.

This giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST on June 30, 2010. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on this site.

Disclaimer: I am sponsoring this giveaway for my readers since I really want you to check out the awesome new coupon database!

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I’m so excited about this giveaway.  I can’t wait to give a $100 grocery store gift card away to one of my readers courtesy of Cellfire!

If you aren’t familiar with  Cellfire, they offer ecoupons that you can load to your Kroger  and Safeway family store loyalty cards.  No clipping or printing involved!

Using Cellfire is easy! Just register your store loyalty card on the Cellfire site.  Then you simply save the coupons that interest you to your card.  New offers are added every two weeks.

Here are a few of my favorite offers available right now:

• $.75/3 Hamburger Helper

• $.50/1 Nature Valley Granola Bars

• $.50/1 Fiber One Bars

• $1/1 Nature Valley Nut Clusters

Participating stores include: Baker’s, Carrs, City Market, Dillons, Dominick’s, Fry’s, Genuardi’s, Gerbes, Hilander, JayC, King Soopers, Kroger, Owen’s, Pavilions, Pay Less, QFC, Ralphs, Randall’s, Safeway, Scott’s, Shop Rite, Smith’s, Tom Thumb, Vons.

Cellfire is offering one of my readers a $100 gift card to a grocery store of your choice!

You have up  to three methods of entry:

• Clip your Cellfire ecoupons and leave a comment below telling me that you are currently are cellfire user. (If you don’t have a participating store in your area, simply leave me a comment letting me know which store you wish was a Cellfire store.)

• Subscribe to our feed in a reader or by e-mail and leave a comment letting me know you subscribed.  If you are already a subscriber, simply let me know in a comment.

• Become a fan of Cha-Ching on a Shoestring on facebook and leave a comment on this post letting me know.  If you are already a fan, simply let me know in a comment. (I love comments on the facebook page as well, but those will not count toward the giveaway!)

Note: Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post to leave your comments.  And leave a separate comment for each entry.  That will give you a greater chance of winning!

This giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST on June 30, 2010. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comments. Winners will be notified by email and listed on this site.

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I think I can safely say that we all hate cancer and hope for a cure in our lifetime..

Hanes is helping to fund the research to find that cure.  In 2010, Hanes is giving a total donation of $500,000  cash and in-kind donation to Passionately Pink for the Cure® and Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series.

Actress Melina Kanakaredes has become the spokesperson for this venture and has designed an exclusive line of Hanes Pink Collection t-shirts that will be available in stores and online this fall.

One lucky reader will win one of these T-shirts before they even hit the store! (You can get a sneak peek here.  Isn’t it cute?)

 

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We have our winners!  The two winners of the three month E-Mealz subscriptions are:

D White (karlduan@xxxx)

Kimberly (littlek@xxxx)

I have e-mailed you both with instructions on how to claim your prize.

DON’T FORGET: Through June 2, you can get a $2 discount on a three month subscription to E-Mealz when you use code SHOESTRING at check-out.  Check it out here.

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By now, it’s no secret that I heart E-Mealz.  I’ve been using their menu/grocery list planning resources for over a year now and I can honestly say that it’s changed my life.  I’d say it’s definitely neck and neck with sliced bread.

Gone are the days of the 5:00 stare into my cupboards, the hours spent meal planning, matching the sales, and creating my grocery list.  Now I simply print my grocery list for Aldi (planned around the sales) and head to the store.  Definitely the best $5 a month I’ve ever spent.

Not only that, but it’s rare that I find a recipe that I don’t like.  They are simple and taste great–the perfect combination in my book.

In fact (with permission from E-Mealz) I am going to share one of my favorite recipes with you.  I had never considered warm BBQ chicken with a salad before, but this is UH-mazing:

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1/2 c. frozen corn
8 oz. bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/2 bag salad
2 tomatoes, chopped
1/4 small purple onion, sliced in rings
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese
BBQ dressing: 1 c. BBQ sauce, (1/4 c. brown sugar, 1/4 c. honey, 1/4 c. ketchup, 2 t. butter, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. lemon pepper, 1 T. vinegar)

Combine ingredients for BBQ dressing in a saucepan.  Bring to boil.  Simmer for 10 min.  Combine 2/3 c. sauce w/ chicken.  Spread in greased square baking dish.  Cover; bake @ 350 for 35 min. Five minutes before serving, toss together salad ingredients.  Divide on serving plates.  Top each w/ warm chicken, then w/cheese.  Serve w/ remaining dressing.

My mouth is watering just thinking about this.  So yummy.

If you haven’t checked out the E-Mealz site, you really should.  They offer a variety of meal plan options (vegetarian, low carb, low fat, points system and more) for a variety of stores, including: Walmart, Publix, Aldi, Kroger, and Ralph’s.

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And now for the good news:  The fantastic folks at E-Mealz have offered to give away a FREE three month-subscription to TWO of my lucky readers!

You have up to six methods of entry.

REQUIRED:

Check out the E-Mealz site and then leave a comment here letting me know which meal plan you would sign up for.

OPTIONAL:

1. Subscribe to our feed in a reader or by e-mail and leave a comment letting me know you subscribed.  If you are already a subscriber, simply let me know in a comment.
2. Follow me on twitter. Leave a comment on this post letting me know you are a follower.
3. Become a fan of Cha-Ching on a Shoestring on facebook and leave a comment on this post letting me know.  If you are already a fan, simply let me know in a comment. (I love comments on the facebook page as well, but those will not count toward the giveaway!)
4. Put the Cha-Ching on a Shoestring button on your blog.  Leave a comment sharing the link to your blog.
5. Blog about the giveaway.  Leave a comment with a link to your blog post.

Note: Be sure to leave separate comments on this post for each entry.  That will give you a greater chance of winning!

This giveaway ends at 10:00 a.m. EST on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comments. Winners will be notified by email and listed on this site.

Disclaimer:  E-Mealz is generously sponsoring this giveaway for my readers.   Everything else is all me!

Here’s a heads up:  Through June 2, you can get a $2 discount on a three month subscription to E-Mealz when you use code SHOESTRING at check-out.